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<h2 class="chapter">7 Displays</h2>

<p><em>Display Annotations have been removed.  <small>GDB/MI</small> instead
provides Variable Objects.</em>
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<p>When <small>GDB</small> is told to display something using the <code>display</code> command,
the results of the display are annotated:
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<pre class="smallexample">^Z^Zdisplay-begin
<var>number</var>
^Z^Zdisplay-number-end
<var>number-separator</var>
^Z^Zdisplay-format
<var>format</var>
^Z^Zdisplay-expression
<var>expression</var>
^Z^Zdisplay-expression-end
<var>expression-separator</var>
^Z^Zdisplay-value
<var>value</var>
^Z^Zdisplay-end
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<p>where <var>number</var> is the number of the display, <var>number-separator</var>
is intended to separate the number from what follows for the user,
<var>format</var> includes information such as the size, format, or other
information about how the value is being displayed, <var>expression</var> is
the expression being displayed, <var>expression-separator</var> is intended
to separate the expression from the text that follows for the user,
and <var>value</var> is the actual value being displayed.
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